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Monday, 17 February 2014

Wow...did we have some beautiful and amazing entries for this sketch challenge!!!!! We so loved your work and you really made it so hard to choose just 3 projects! So thanks so much to all of you who played along, it was really great to visit your blogs! ;-)

You will not believe that there was only 1 point between 1st and 2nd place! This is how close the the DT judged the top projects! So as I said earlier...you really rocked this challenge.

We loved the earthy tones and stunning background, along with your sweet, sweet photo's! We loved how you used the circles in the sketch for photo's and your sewing and twine! This is a fabulous page and we congratulate you warmly! You really created a stunning page! ;-)

We so loved how your little chap just popped out of the page at us!! He is soooo very sweet! We loved the colours, the texture and just everything, that made this page so perfect and gorgeous!

In third place is this wonderful and beautiful page by 16. Lizzy Crust! Congratulations Lizzy!

We loved how dynamic and gorgeous this page is, and the beautiful colouring! We loved the stunning photo and the different textures! It is just a fabulous page! ;-)

Congratulations to you all, you really created super pages and we truly did love what you created!

We would really love to see more of Anna's work. So please could you email us at scrapafrica@gmail.com for a Guest Design opportunity.

Thanks also, once again, to Molossi for sponsoring our giveaway.

Molossi is 100% Australian owned and operated, with over Nine years industry experience and access to the much loved paper craft brands and experts.

Molossi is situated in the Hawkesbury region of New South Wales, and our warehouse is located in Wilberforce and open by appointment only.

With the vision, Molossi is committed to sourcing and supplying all your papercraft needs, whilst delivering our own unique products. Our priority is to deliver a prompt and efficient service to our cliental base, to maintain this promise we are listening to what you as the customers are asking and we are always open to suggestion and comments to ensure we uphold this value.

True Random Number GeneratorMin:Max:Result:14Powered by RANDOM.ORGKatrina please send your details to scrapafrica@gmail.com so that Molossi can get these goodies out to you!Again, thanks to everyone who played along! We are always inspired and wowed by your creativity!xx

Saturday, 15 February 2014

We really do have a very exciting challenge today! We have some amazing Guest Designers and an awesome prize! So you really don't want to miss playing along with this challenge! ;-)

So to tell you about the challenge, it is "Chipboard with a Difference" and it means you need to use some chipboard on your layout, card or altered piece, but cannot be left raw and must be altered. This challenge is hosted by the lovely Ada Nicholls.

So to tell you about our prize, we have an amazing new sponsor this month.7 Dots Studio.

We are a team of creative women who cannot image their world without paper, glue and the creative process. Scrapbooking is our passion and we love to share our passion with other scrapbookers. For this reason, 7 Dots Studio exists. The quality of our products is our top priority. Our collections are made from thick (250gsm), acid-free, lignin-free, archival scrapbooking paper. We also offer high quality cardstock stickers.

7 Dots Studio has so very kindly given us a wonderful new collection as a giveaway prize. Check it out.

So you get the whole collection, as well as the 6x6 paper pad! Isn't that so fabulous?! Thanks so much to 7 Dots Studio and Tusia Lech

I am suddenly very jealous, as I would love to have this collection too! ;-))

I am thrilled to introduce our very Special Guest Designer, she is the owner of 7 Dots Studio - Tusia Lech.

She is an amazingly talented lady and really one of the nicest ladies ever!!

I love all kinds of media –
if I would have to define my style, I would say that media are the only
constant thing. My favourite colours are fresh, bold greens, blues and pinks,
but at the same time I just love delicate, pale hues of beige, rose and white.
However there is something in my projects, what can be found always – a
positive, feminine style.
Scrapbooking fills my whole life – it is all around me – in my private life and
in my job career. I love the process of creation – I have created things since
early childhood – all kinds of handmade things always attracted me. I cannot
imagine my life without making some art. Even if I leave for a weekend, I
always take my small “art-bag”, filled with art-journal supplies. I am lucky
enough to be a designer in a few very creative places. I love drinking coffee,
reading books, walking through the forest, watching flowers on the meadow, basking
in the autumn sun and being deep in my inner world. I can say that I am happy
person and wouldn’t change a single thing in my life.

Tusia created this beautiful card for the challenge. It is so absolutely gorgeous and stunning!

How I altered chipboards - text
- I have used plain, white chipboards from 7 Dots Studio Nature Walk
collection. I embossed them with Lindy Stamp Gang embossing powder, than I
paint them with Gelatos from Faber-Castell and at the end I have embellished
them with Liquid Pearls.

Thanks so much Tusia, for your amazing card! Please pop along to Tusia's blog and the 7 Dots Studio to see more of Tusia's work! You will not be sorry! ;-)

I made mix-media panels. I used the chipboard on the background, heart and words "you&me" in russian. The heart I covered in crackle paint and gold acrylic paint. Words - acrylic paint, gesso and Perfect Pearls Mist.

Thanks so much Ekaterina for this beautiful and wonderful piece! ;-)

To wow you even more, the 7 Dots Studio Design Team, also designed some wonderful projects for this challenge and you are going to really love their work. Here is their amazing inspiration.

"This
picture depicts another wonderful day. The kids got to fly their kites at the
beach downtown. I used lots of stamping again behind the photo to create
texture and movement."

"I
love capturing these moments in time. These beautiful snapshots of life will help
me remember how my kids were then"

Altered
Chipboard:

"I
used some Blue Fern Studio chipboard for this challenge. The chipboard icons
"Captured" and "Click" were simply inked in Black Coal
fluid chalk ink. The Honey comb chipboard was painted in black acrylic paint
and while it was still wet, I added some fine glass micro-beads on top to
enhance the texture"

I
altered my UmWowStudio layered circles, using a layer of copper paint, followed
by a circle confetti mask and heavy body paint, and finally I stamped the
chipboard using metal stamps, for the heavily embossed word "fly" on
each piece.

I made a card using
the newest 7 Dots Studio collection - Cold Country.
I altered the chipboards with gesso, gel medium, glass filler and two kinds of
mist.
Thanks to all those media it looks like it is rusty.

I
just love the versatility that chipboard gives to a layout and I tend to use
them on all my projects! All the chipboard used here is manufactured by
Scrapmatts and has the option of coming in a white mist finish. The frame,
compass and lighthouse received some textured paste, mists and embossing
powder. The grass chipboard was soaked with brown mist and I peeled apart the
layers to give a more dimensional effect. The fence also received a coat of
mist and I then added some gesso for a whitewashed effect. I simply inked the
edges of the gorgeous butterfly as it was beautiful just as it was!

"I covered the brand
new 7 Dots Studio chipboards with two coats of embossing powder. For the first
coat I used semi-opaque pearl powder and for the top layer four different
colors of embossing powder added here and there. While the powder was still
hot, I sprinkled some extra glitter on top."

Thanks sooooo much to the 7 Dots Studio Design Team! You absolutely rocked this challenge! ;-)Each project is beautiful and gorgeous and the altered chip boards amazing! Certainly, so very inspirational!

This little valentines album has chipboard covers that has been painted around the edges and then dipped into glitter. The inside also contains a lot of chipboard that has been painted, glittered, inked and even had some rub ons applied. It will also be a Valentines give away on my blog.

I used one of my favourite techniques on my chipboard...layering. I wet my chipboard and divided it into three sections, drying it with a heat gun makes the chipboard curl, giving lovely dimension to it. I then painted it with several colours of Distress Paints, and also did some stamping on the flower and leaves. I finished it of with some Rock Candy Distress Stickles.

Monday, 3 February 2014

WOW! You guys really gave us such wonderful eye candy to look at! ;-) You really blew us away with the creativity and the wonderful recycling! So thanks to everyone who played along! You were awesome!

I think we all have so many things around the house that would be super for creating projects, but it's just about being in that mind-set of recycling! I certainly have really given it some more thought, and will try and use a few more goodies in my upcoming projects!

True Random Number GeneratorMin:Max:Result:20Powered by RANDOM.ORGEvgenia's giveaway...goes to 28. Taniko! Conratulations Taniko, you get to play with these goodies!True Random Number GeneratorMin:Max:Result:28Powered by RANDOM.ORGCongratulations to our random winners, and thanks so much for playing along! ;-)Now to our top projects. We really did have so many wonderful entries that the voting was really widespread. So I want to feature quite a number of projects, because of the voting being so widespread, as well as the number of entries.So the top project is this beautiful album by 2. Marta (Maremi's Small Art) Ireland !We so loved the originality and the creativity of this album! We loved the little glasses made from tablet packaging and then the sweet photo and gorgeous colouring! This is really so fabulous! So well done Marta, we loved this project! ;-)In 2nd spot is this super project by 33. Zhanna A. The originality of your Pringles can for this little holder is just fabulous! This is a stunning project and so very beautiful and creative! Congratulations Zhanna!In 3rd spot, is this gorgeous page by 26. Canica Van Loggerenberg !We loved the cute, recycled clothing tag, as well as those denim hearts. Your photo is just stunning too and we also can't "weight" to see that baby!!!! ;-) Wonderful page! Well done Canica!So congratulations to the TOP 3 projects, these were really awesome! ;-)Then we had another 4 stunning projects that were equally voted on and I felt that they just needed to be featured! In no particular order, are these super projects too! 21. ChudoOlya 8. Denisa (Czech Republic) 17. Lisa Sarkis and 10. Anne Pennington (CANADA) Well done to you 4 ladies....these were really such amazing projects and pages too! ;-)We would love to see more of Marta's work, so please would you email us at scrapafrica@gmail.com for a Guest Design opportunity! The random winners must also please send your postal details to this email address.Thanks again to everyone who played along...you guys were "GREEN" and we loved it!Hope to see you playing along again soon!

We have a super new sponsor this month, who will be sponsoring us for quite a few challenges and I am super, excited to introduce them.

Molossi is 100% Australian owned and operated, with over Nine years industry experience and access to the much loved paper craft brands and experts.

Molossi is situated in the Hawkesbury region of New South Wales, and our warehouse is located in Wilberforce and open by appointment only.

With the vision, Molossi is committed to sourcing and supplying all your papercraft needs, whilst delivering our own unique products. Our priority is to deliver a prompt and efficient service to our cliental base, to maintain this promise we are listening to what you as the customers are asking and we are always open to suggestion and comments to ensure we uphold this value.